Romeo
24 Jul 2006, 21:44
Living in the past Waugh slams Vaughan and co.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh believes England players lost momentum after claiming the Ashes by concentrating on celebrating rather than cricket.
Victory against Australia last summer sparked huge celebrations but England have not won a Test series since, although they emerged with credit after drawing in India.
England have been beset by injury since winning the little urn back and they will be without Ashes heroes Michael Vaughan, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles and Simon Jones for Thursday's second Test against Pakistan, who beat them in the winter.
"I think the Pakistan series was a hangover from the Ashes. The boys had been on a bit of a celebratory run and they lost sight of the ball, maybe," said Waugh in The Independent.
"All of a sudden they found themselves back in another series and it was tough. But they resurrected it all in India which was a great result, especially without their captain and some key players.
"That to me showed that there is a lot of character throughout the side, but there is no doubt they have lost the momentum they got out of the Ashes.
"They should have won the series against Sri Lanka 3-0. It's a poor result for them to draw 1-1 at home. They lacked the killer instinct, they were very casual and they fell back into some of their old bad habits."
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh believes England players lost momentum after claiming the Ashes by concentrating on celebrating rather than cricket.
Victory against Australia last summer sparked huge celebrations but England have not won a Test series since, although they emerged with credit after drawing in India.
England have been beset by injury since winning the little urn back and they will be without Ashes heroes Michael Vaughan, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles and Simon Jones for Thursday's second Test against Pakistan, who beat them in the winter.
"I think the Pakistan series was a hangover from the Ashes. The boys had been on a bit of a celebratory run and they lost sight of the ball, maybe," said Waugh in The Independent.
"All of a sudden they found themselves back in another series and it was tough. But they resurrected it all in India which was a great result, especially without their captain and some key players.
"That to me showed that there is a lot of character throughout the side, but there is no doubt they have lost the momentum they got out of the Ashes.
"They should have won the series against Sri Lanka 3-0. It's a poor result for them to draw 1-1 at home. They lacked the killer instinct, they were very casual and they fell back into some of their old bad habits."